Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett stopped cement entering the besieged Gaza Strip and canceled entry permits issued to hundreds of Gaza traders, Israeli Hebrew newspaper Maariv.
Bennett ordered the coordinator of the civil affairs in the occupied territories to carry out his directions immediately, according to Maariv.
#Israel has stopped the delivery of cement into the #Gaza Strip 500 business @AJEnglish https://t.co/WgdRw1oITh pic.twitter.com/H0MRbaeMqv
— michael grey (@wavetop) February 2, 2020
The siege, jointly imposed 13 years ago with the support of Egypt, has prevented the import and export of many goods from Gaza, limited medical supplies and curtailed fishing and farming, thereby crippling the economy.
In 2012 the UN warned that the coastal enclave would become “uninhabitable” by 2020 as a result of the strict measures.
(Palestine Chronicle, MEMO, Social Media)
